The Toy

The Toy

2.1. 11:17
Xtime Channel
103 minutes
1982
Comedy / Family

On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.

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1982
Comedy / Family

On one of his bratty son Eric's annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses a black janitor who has made him laugh with his antics. At first the man suffers many indignities as Eric's "toy", but gradually teaches the lonely boy what it is like to have and to be a friend.

Creators

Richard Donner

Cast

Teresa Ganzel, Steve Kahan, Ned Beatty, Don Hood, Jackie Gleason, Virginia Capers, Richard Pryor, Scott Schwartz, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Tony King, Annazette Chase, Karen Leslie-Lyttle, B.J. Hopper, Ray Spruell, Stocker Fontelieu, Robert Adams